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Following is our regular summary of the latest travel news and best frequent traveler promotions reviewed during the past week. If it was a good deal—or a notably bad deal—from an airline, hotel, or car rental loyalty program, you can read all about it here, and plan your travel accordingly. Alaska Air Might Keep Virgin…
Marriott has discovered Instagram, the popular photo-sharing app, and apparently thinks travelers can be convinced to book Marriott stays by clicking on images associated with hotel destinations. That strategy requires, at a minimum, that prospective customers follow Marriott, in order to view those book-worthy photos. So, for a limited time, Marriott is offering bonus points…
Following i s our regular summary of the latest travel news and best frequent traveler promotions reviewed during the past week. If it was a good deal—or a notably bad deal—from an airline, hotel, or car rental loyalty program, you can read all about it here, and plan your travel accordingly. Is Airbnb Killing the…
Best Western isn’t known for its generous loyalty-program promotions. Its most recent offer was for a $25 gift card after two qualifying stays. Not a game-changer for most. The competition must be heating up, because the company’s new offer is significantly more generous, although it still comes with caveats. Offer Details Between May 23 and…
Following is our regular summary of the latest travel news and best frequent traveler promotions reviewed during the past week. If it was a good deal—or a notably bad deal—from an airline, hotel, or car rental loyalty program, you can read all about it here, and plan your travel accordingly. Wyndham’s Rewards Program Is Now…
With 7,800 properties in more than 70 countries, the Wyndham Hotel Group is the world’s largest hotel network. That’s right: bigger than Marriott, even after it absorbs Starwood. Bigger than InterContinental. Bigger than Hilton. In a business where bigger is assumed to be better—economies of scale, more opportunities to earn and redeem loyalty points, and…
Over the past several years, Choice’s recurring promotional offer has been 8,000 points after two stays. Sometimes it’s promoted as such: 8,000 points after two stays. More often though, the headline promotes either a free night or a gift card—both of which are available for 8,000 points. For its latest promotion, the featured bonus is…
Through August 31, members of InterContinental’s IHG Rewards program can earn a free night at any IHG hotel after completing three consecutive nights at The Venetian or The Palazzo hotels in Las Vegas. Qualifying stays must include either a Thursday or a Sunday night and be booked direct with IHG at Best Flex or Smart…
What’s better than a hotel stay paid for with loyalty-program points? The same stay paid for with fewer points, of course! That’s the premise underlying InterContinental’s popular PointBreaks rewards: a selection of hotels, which changes quarterly, offering award stays for just 5,000 points per night. That’s really cheap, to be sure. But those deals are…
Hilton’s new systemwide promotion is very much like its last one. And the one before that. There’s no shame in repeating an offer, if it’s a particularly generous one. What’s being reprised here, however, wasn’t worth getting excited about the first time; and it still isn’t. Offer Details Between May 1 and August 31, Hilton…
In the world of hotel marketing, offering special rates for loyalty-program members who book direct with the hotels is the tactic du jour. Since Starwood deployed its members-only rates late last year, Hilton, Hyatt, and Marriott have followed suit. To that list can now be added InterContinental Hotels Group. Beginning this week, members of InterContinental’s…